monitors Laptop Friendly Monitors?

[Cuddlez]

Can anyone help me find a "good" relatively inexpensive monitor that I could connect my ultrabook to?

 

I'm looking for something that:

• looks good, ergonomic design 
• thin bezels
• can charge laptop when docked

I'm torn between:

• what aspect ratio I should use (widescreen, ultra widescreen, etc)
• the resolution (fhd, qhd, uhd - though I doubt that there is a cheap 4k display out there)

Good: I'm a student. Just something that would suit a sort of productive, ease of use environment 

Relatively inexpensive: < $400 AUD

Ultrabook: My laptop is the Acer Aspire S13 - pretty sure HD Graphics 520 can power high rez displays (HDMI 2.0, I have a USB Type-c port [no thunderbolt] but don't know if that will be of any use)

 

 Thank you!

[tarfeef101]

46 minutes ago, Cuddlez said:

Can anyone help me find a "good" relatively inexpensive monitor that I could connect my ultrabook to?

 

I'm looking for something that:

• looks good, ergonomic design 
• thin bezels
• can charge laptop when docked

I'm torn between:

• what aspect ratio I should use (widescreen, ultra widescreen, etc)
• the resolution (fhd, qhd, uhd - though I doubt that there is a cheap 4k display out there)

Good: I'm a student. Just something that would suit a sort of productive, ease of use environment 

Relatively inexpensive: < $400 AUD

Ultrabook: My laptop is the Acer Aspire S13 - pretty sure HD Graphics 520 can power high rez displays (HDMI 2.0, I have a USB Type-c port [no thunderbolt] but don't know if that will be of any use)

 

 Thank you!

Well I will say first that you should get a 1080p 60Hz monitor. That laptop can push higher signals, but unless you watch a lot of 4K video (which most people don't), anything more will be useless.

 

Not sure what you want with a "docked" experience, monitors aren't docks. Docks are. I have yet to see a monitor that itself provides a docking function. That wouldn't make sense, since every laptop that HAS docking uses a different standard, so the monitor in question would only work for 1 laptop. Not a good decision for the company.

 

As for what monitor to get if you take my recommendations, something 1080p, 60Hz with good reviews and an IPS panel. Go on PCPartPicker, apply those filters to a monitor, and pick one with good ratings. Or ask someone for whom it isn't 3:20 AM.

[Cuddlez]

On 12/9/2016 at 7:20 PM, tarfeef101 said:

Well I will say first that you should get a 1080p 60Hz monitor. That laptop can push higher signals, but unless you watch a lot of 4K video (which most people don't), anything more will be useless.

 

Not sure what you want with a "docked" experience, monitors aren't docks. Docks are. I have yet to see a monitor that itself provides a docking function. That wouldn't make sense, since every laptop that HAS docking uses a different standard, so the monitor in question would only work for 1 laptop. Not a good decision for the company.

 

As for what monitor to get if you take my recommendations, something 1080p, 60Hz with good reviews and an IPS panel. Go on PCPartPicker, apply those filters to a monitor, and pick one with good ratings. Or ask someone for whom it isn't 3:20 AM.

I don't know how u say it like...when u connect the laptop to the monitor it charges it as well as display it

[tarfeef101]

9 hours ago, Cuddlez said:

I don't know how u say it like...when u connect the laptop to the monitor it charges it as well as display it

That's very different than a dock. The only way that would happen is if your laptop charges over USB-C, in which case that is possible.

[tarfeef101]

1 minute ago, tarfeef101 said:

That's very different than a dock. The only way that would happen is if your laptop charges over USB-C, in which case that is possible.

looks like your laptop does not support that. so that's not gonna happen

[Cuddlez]

4 hours ago, tarfeef101 said:

looks like your laptop does not support that. so that's not gonna happen

How do u find out if the usb type-c port charges the laptop?

[tarfeef101]

27 minutes ago, Cuddlez said:

How do u find out if the usb type-c port charges the laptop?

You trust me, it doesn't. I looked it up. 

[Cuddlez]

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